This year, the tech giant shortlisted 20 Indian startups after screening 600 applicants
The latest batch comprises startups from diverse areas
Since 2015, GFS Accelerator has mentored over 600 startups and accelerated over 60, which have collectively gone on to raise over $700 Mn in funding
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Google India, on Tuesday (September 22), released the list of startups for the fourth batch of Google for Startups Accelerator India programme. This year, the tech giant shortlisted 20 Indian startups after screening 600 applicants that will receive three months mentorship and support from its network of internal and external mentors.
The ongoing support ranges from access to Google teams, tech guidance on projects, machine learning related support, UX and design mentorship, leadership workshops, networking opportunities at industry engagements, PR support and more.
In a blog, Google said that the current batch comprises startups across key areas such as education, retail, mental health and wellness, healthtech, fintech and agritech and more.
The 20 Indian startups selected to be a part of the programme include Antwak, BharatAri, BlackLight Games, Decoder, Factors.ai, Foxy.in, Gram Powder, InnerHour, Leher, Lokal, Math Buddy, Mera Cashier, Mosaic Wellness, myHQ, Navia Life Care, Orowealth, Virohan, Wellthy Therapeutics, Womaniya, and Zeo Auto.
Founders: Joybroto Ganguly
Founded in:2019
Sector: Edtech
AntWak provides a video platform for elearning service.
Founder: Sai Gole and Siddharth Dialani
Founded in: 2017
Sector: Agritech
BharatAgri provides end-to-end decision making support for farmers.
Founders: Shruti Sarraf
Founded in: 2011
Sector: Gaming
This startup offers multiplayer classic games on mobile platforms.
Founders: Ankush Chugh
Founded in: 2019
Sector: Deeptech
Dcoder is a mobile-first coding platform that lets anyone code from their smartphones in 35 programming languages.
Founders: Aravind Murthy
Founded in:2018
Sector: Deeptech
The startup focuses on marketing analytics for SMBs/enterprises with a search driven AI powered product.
Founders: Nikhil Gilani
Founded in: 2018
Sector: Ecommerce
An ecommerce platform for products related to beauty and grooming.
Founders: Yashraj Khaitan and Jacob Dickinson
Founded in: 2010
Sector: Energy
This platform is an energy technology company that has developed and patented the industry’s lowest cost smart electricity metering system.
Founders: Amit Malik and Shefali Batra
Founded in: 2016
Sector: Health
A tech-enabled mental health platform that supports people with their psychological needs.
Founders: Vikas Malpani
Founded in: 2018
Sector: Social media
A social networking application around live video discussions.
Founders: Jani Pasha and Vipul Chaudhary
Founded in: 2018
Sector: Hyperlocal news platform
This platform provides local news Indian news in regional languages like Telugu & Tamil.
Founders: Kanan Bharadwaj
Founded in: 2009
Sector: Edtech
This startup provides products to help students learn Math with experiential learning.
Founders: Akhilesh Kumar, Gaurav Tomar, Sucharita Reddy, Suneel Kumar
Founded in:2019
Sector: Fintech
This app aims to digitise manual entries in registers.
Founders: Dhyanesh Shah, Revant Bhate
Founded in: 2019
Sector: Wellness
This startup offers consumer grooming brands.
Founders: Utkarsh Kawatra and Vinayak Agarawal
Founded in: 2016
Sector: Workspace rental
This startup provides hyperlocal and flexible workspace solutions so that businesses and individuals.
Founders: Kunal Kishore Dhawan and Shourjo Banerjee
Founded in: 2015
Sector: Healthcare
This is a digital platform for patients and providers to improve patient care, experience.
Founders: Nitin Agrawal, Swati Aggarwal, Vijay Koppa, Yogesh Powar
Founded in:2017
Sector: Fintech
A startup that focuses on wealth management through its developer friendly APIs as well as offering full-scale solutions.
Founders: Archit Jayasal, Kunal Dudeja, Nalin Saluja
Founded in: 2018
Sector: Edutech
The aim of this platform is to predict job demand and build out the curriculum needed and deliver standardised training.
Founders: Abhishek Shah, Aradh Pillai, Maaz Shaikh, Prayat Shah
Founded in: 2015
Sector: Healthtech
A digital medicine platform that claims to help users manage diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and other such chronic conditions.
Founders: Avneesh Kumar, Kanak Waikar, Lakhan Suchdev, Siddharth Kothari
Founded in: 2018
Sector: Healthtech
This app is said to be a platform for Indian women to connect and talk about pregnancy and other daily issues with support for Hindi language
20.ZeoAuto
Founders: Kshitij Dixit, Nimit Mehra, Ritesh Singh
Founded in: 2019
Sector: Mobility
The platform aims to provide shortest routes for individual drivers, courier companies and independent businesses.
Since 2015, GFS Accelerator has mentored more than 600 startups and accelerated over 60, which have collectively gone on to raise over $700 Mn in funding, the company said in a blog.
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